1. Brown chicken in a deep saucepan. Transfer chicken to a container.2. Using the same saucepan(chicken flavoured fat, yum;) ), saute onion and garlic until fragrant.3. Pour in the syrup and water.4. Add the tomato puree, kicap manis, kicap asin, sambal, pepper (+ salt and sugar if you want to. I didn't ) and a sprinkling of paprika powder.5. Add chicken and let it simmer until the chicken is done. If the sauce is too watery, you can thicken it with some cornstarch.